Encouraging professional development in small and medium-sized firms. The influence of career history and job content

Career Development International

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 156-168

  Van Der Heijden, Beatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Career development; Continuing professional development; Experiental practice; Job analysis; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097715     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430110389748     Document Type: Article

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